Artist: Shen
Title: Lost Hopes
Cat # Muti053
UPC # 705105139500
Tracklisting:
1. Unnecessary Peril     4:37
2. Lessons        4:19
3. Overgrowth        4:40
4. Volume Anxiety    4:17
5. So Far So Gone    7:07

File under: Chillout, Downtempo, Electronica, Techno, Glitch
Buy it now on Beatport

Lost Hopes continues where his past successes left off but adds the recent influences of Glitch Hop and Dubstep into Shen’s production style. The EP is stylistically suitable for those introspective moments at home as well as a good ‘techno inspired’ bounce on the dancefloor.
Shen also has tracks that have appeared on ‘Leftcoast Liquid Vol. 1′, ‘Floating Point 3′ and Various Green Samurai Clan compilations, his previous full-length album, ‘Outlines’ was released in December 2006 on Native State Records to high acclaim. More about Shen here.

Some Response So Far:
David Starfire (Six Degrees): ‘kool stuff.” - Favourite:  Overgrowth
Jackieonassid (Edgecore Australia): ‘Love this very much. Slick & smooth chill. Overgrowth and So Far So Gone…my favorite.’
Fine Cut Bodies (Chi Recordings): “Great release, still cant choose a fav here :D”
ill.gates: “Love it.”
Seb Taylor (Digitalis/Kaya Project/Hibernation/C23): “Nice one! been loving Noahs productions for a long time now, & this release certainly doesn’t disappoint! Particularly feeling ‘So Far So Gone’. but they’re all good. ”
Single Cell Orchestra (Cyberset Music) : “Tech-rific.”
Malone (Bijou Breaks): “What a delicious release! ‘Unnecessary Peril’ and ‘Lessons’ are my immediate favourites, but the entire release is superb. Way to go, Muti!”
Mason (Below Zero / Thump): “Interesting beats and tweaks. Plan on playing on the show.”
Naasko (Interchill): “sick!! i’ve been wondering where shen went and can see that he never really left the west coast. digging this highly….”
Cosmic Canoe (KSVY 91.3 Sonoma,CA): “Track 5 ‘So Far So Gone’ - nice chill good one”
Meat Katie: “Really like Volume Anxiety.”
Dragonfly (Groove Garden / Earthdance): “Great stuff! Spare clean, gradually developping downtempo rhythms wrought with enough intertwining texture to keep the music moving forward, listeners listening and dancers moving! Tight and tidy production keeps a multi-dimensional feeling to the sound.”
Kemek The Dope Computer: “Liking the dub techno vibe, nice and clean. Really good stuff, a nice break from harder dancefloor stuff. And so many different styles!”
ill-esha: “A very unique take on this genre, with tight production. So Far So Gone is the standout one for me.”
SeventhSwami: “WOW! I really enjoyed the vibe on this one. Minimal, downtempo and whimsical… I’m looking forward to hearing more from Shen!”
Mat The Alien: “Can’t get enough from Muti, loving the sound of this EP.” - Favourite: Unnecessary Peril
DJ Emile: “overgrowth the cut….”
Dub-4 (Cool & Deadly, Paris / bassmusicblog.com): “Unnecessary peril & so far so gone are my favorites !”
Maer Ben-Yisrael (OEM Radio): “Noah knows how to bring that essential sliding funk out of the ether. Always appreciate his mid/downtempo dubfunk jams.”
Klone: “Wow, quality all the way. Very clean production work. Reminds me a bit of Kilowatts. Excellent!”
Heyoka: “Really exited about this one. I’ve been a big fan ever since I first saw Shen perform in 2005. Lovin the evolution of his unique sound.”
Seak-E-Pete (Blunted Funk / Samurai FM): “Cool to hear Noah dropping the dirty downtempo…Unnecessary Peril is the one I’ll be playing out. Diggin some of the slower stuff for the headspace though.”
Timonkey: “Fresh sounds from Shen, hallelujah! Shen threw down one of my favorite sets of all 2009, and has been on my radar ever since. This new release keeps up the tradition of blending smooth and solid beats with luminous atmospherics.”
Knowa Knowone: “Great. This will def get chill time rotation. ;)”
Adrian (Chrome Yellow / Cool & Deadly): “Nice moody glitch with an ethnic flavour.”
Neptune (Beat Church): “LOVE shen, great to see him put one out on Muti…great work!! all the songs rock, great to hear the evolution in his sound!!! Supe stoked…ALL GOOD…super funky fresh dope downbeats!!! Rock ON!!!”
Inaudible: “Feeling the wonk in Volume Anxiety, Ss far so gone is loverly, late night bizness.”
Suff-x : “LOVIN this one…. like that filtery-goodness! That groove is in the pocket for sure…”
Alien Pimp (DubKraft Rec / Barcelona): “creativity - checked groove - checked sharp sound - checked depth - checked this is ready to take off, fasten your seatbelts!”
Breakonomics (RTE - Irelands National Broadcaster): “Overgrowth and Volume Anxiety are brilliant. Will support!”
Ed2000 (Dangerous Drums / Solar, Berlin): “Top Stuff!”
Vela (Dangerous Drums / Solar, Berlin): “Brilliant Music”
Audiovoid / LayerZ: “Fuckin proper sickness right here”
Fletcher (African Dope): “this is some deeply delicious ish.”
Humf (Falklands Radio): “cool stuff from Canada great one.”